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boomerang
Overview of noun boomerang
The noun boomerang has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick -- (a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower)
2. backfire, boomerang -- (a miscalculation that recoils on its maker)
Overview of verb boomerang
The verb boomerang has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) boomerang -- (return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boomerang
2 senses of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
=> projectile, missile
=> weapon, arm, weapon system
=> instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
backfire, boomerang
=> miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
=> mistake, error, fault
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun boomerang
1 of 2 senses of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
=> kylie, kiley
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boomerang
2 senses of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
=> projectile, missile
Sense 2
backfire, boomerang
=> miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
Antonyms of noun boomerang
Member Holonyms of noun boomerang
Substance Holonyms of noun boomerang
Part Holonyms of noun boomerang
Member Meronyms of noun boomerang
Substance Meronyms of noun boomerang
Part Meronyms of noun boomerang
Meronyms of noun boomerang
Holonyms of noun boomerang
Attributes of noun boomerang
Derived Forms of noun boomerang
2 senses of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
RELATED TO>(verb) boomerang#1
=> boomerang
Sense 2
backfire, boomerang
RELATED TO>(verb) boomerang#1
=> boomerang
Domain of noun boomerang
1 of 2 senses of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
REGION>(noun) Australia#1, Commonwealth of Australia#1
Domain Terms of noun boomerang
Familiarity of noun boomerang
boomerang used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun boomerang
2 senses of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
> projectile, missile
=> arrow
=> boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
=> bullet, slug
=> cannonball, cannon ball, round shot
=> dart
=> seeker
=> shot, pellet
=> spitball
Sense 2
backfire, boomerang
> miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
=> backfire, boomerang
=> rounding, rounding error
=> truncation error
Meronyms of noun boomerang
2 senses of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
=> projectile, missile
=> weapon, arm, weapon system
=> instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun boomerang
Grep of noun boomerang
boomerang
Antonyms of verb boomerang
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boomerang
1 sense of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb boomerang
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boomerang
1 sense of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang
=> return, go back, get back, come back
'Cause To' of verb boomerang
Derived Forms of verb boomerang
1 sense of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang
RELATED TO>(noun) boomerang#1
=> boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
RELATED TO>(noun) boomerang#2
=> backfire, boomerang
Domain of verb boomerang
Domain Terms of verb boomerang
Familiarity of verb boomerang
boomerang used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb boomerang
1 sense of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb boomerang
1 sense of boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang
> return, go back, get back, come back
=> resurrect, rise, uprise
=> revisit
=> trace, retrace
=> backtrack, turn back, double back
=> cut back, flash back
=> home
=> go home, head home
=> return
=> boomerang
=> bounce
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb boomerang
Sense 1
boomerang
=> return, go back, get back, come back
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Grep of verb boomerang
boomerang
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